I'm not sure that's much of a retort, since you're the second-most aligned.
I was expecting this response, though hoping otherwise, provided this plainly represents an extremely narrow range of political candidates and specifically states that I
disagree with Trump over 50% of the time on raw policy alone...
Originally Posted by Yoda
More importantly, ideological compatibility doesn't really have anything to do with whether or not you're an apologist.
It certainly informs the likelihood of such of a claim.
Originally Posted by Yoda
Being a Trump apologist just means you downplay the things he does and/or redirect complaints about what he does towards complaints about his critics, neither of which imply that you have a straight agreement with him on granular policy details.
True.
Originally Posted by Kaplan
Oh, the irony. It'd take you two minutes to look up an analysis of this guy's theory to see that it doesn't debunk anything.
Show me your source.
Originally Posted by Kaplan
But of course you've believed all along that Russia was never involved,
Because I've never heard anything except hearsay to suggest otherwise, and I've specifically asked YOU to provided evidence of this claim and you've consistently offered me nothing but conjecture.
Originally Posted by Kaplan
so you grab onto this guy's theory and you disregard all counter arguments
Give me 1 counter argument.
Originally Posted by Kaplan
or explanations,
Give me 1 explanation.
Originally Posted by Kaplan
because this guy confirms your stated belief going back months.
And months ago I was
also asking you to defend this claim. I've been ASKING you to persuade me. Repeatedly. And I've got back nothing but posturing.
Originally Posted by Kaplan
"...you've signed on to a narrative that would be personally embarrassing to admit is false." Now that is projection.
I accused you first, that means I'm most right.
Originally Posted by Kaplan
To use an expression you'll understand, I'm not going to spoon feed reality to you.
OH! Okay, so here's how this works:
Kaplan: *makes a claim*
Omnizoa: "Evidence please."
Kaplan: *insults intelligence*
Omnizoa: "Okay, here's a counter-argument."
Kaplan: "That's just a theory."
Omnizoa: "Okay, here's evidence supporting the counter-argument. Do I need to spoonfeed you?"
Kaplan: "That's been debunked."
Omnizoa: "Evidence please."
Kaplan: "Do I need to spoonfeed you?"
And with that Kaplan ends his magic routine by making the burden of proof...
DISAPPEAR!
Originally Posted by Kaplan
Occam's Razor is great and all, but you can't just use it to dismiss anything you find objectionable or uncomfortable,
How do you know that's what I'm doing? How do you know I'm not
just sitting here on the bed in my nightie, and waiting for you, whose got his pants down, stroking his ego over and over again in a desperate attempt to compensate for that lack of hard evidence.
Originally Posted by Kaplan
Again, I can't spoon feed you reality, but I can assure you Russia has done this on other occasions to other countries. Heck, Russia has been using Ukraine as a testing ground for hacking for quite a while now. That's what they do.
Russians. They hack. It's what they do.
Originally Posted by Kaplan
But I guess you're just smarter than all the intelligence agencies
You mean the organizations you literally pay to keep secrets from you? You're right, my skepticism is entirely unfounded.
Originally Posted by Kaplan
And you really should educate yourself on the things Russia has been doing around the world.
Literally could not matter less. Even if Russia was known for hacking every single other country's election besides the US, that would not be evidence in and of itself that Russia hacked the US election. This is really very basic syllogistic logic:
Russia hacks things.
The US election is hackable.
Therefor Russia hacked the US election.
Originally Posted by Kaplan
I don't have to represent you in any way,
But you do out of the kindness of your own heart and I appreciate it.
Originally Posted by Kaplan
I've noticed. It seems to be your favorite pastime.
No you. (Seriously, if you're going to do this playground ****, why even play at intellectual superiority?)